Most of us remember Gulliver's Travels part one as a school textbook, but apart from Eng Lit anoraks few people come back for a second helping. This is a pity because even if you know nothing about the contemporary political and social issues Swift was poking fun at, it's an adventure story every bit as entertaining as Robinson Crusoe. Swift's prose is less pedantic than Defoe's, but in any case reader Daniel Philpott does all the hard work. What's more, he does it beautifully - no gimmicks, he just reads it simply and clearly, and at a stroke you find yourself observing the extraordinary miniature world of Lilliput with the same curiosity and fascination as the man-mountain Lemuel Gulliver.

Sue Arnold, The Guardian, 11th September 2004

Some years ago I strongly recommended Daniel Philpott's unabridged reading of Alex Garland's "The Beach", so I was interested to receive Gulliver's Travels. Part 1: A Voyage to Lilliput (Furicano Productions) which is not only read but produced by Philpott. Making an early 18th-century novel sound as if it was written yesterday is no mean feat, but Philpott rises effortlessly to the challenge. He is helped by the fact that most of us have only ever come across bowdlerised versions of Gulliver's Travels, so there are some startling new moments to enjoy, not least when Gulliver descants on the problems of peeing while tied down with myriad Lilliputian ropes. Philpott is one of the most intelligent interpreters I have heard.

Christina Hardyment, The Times, 5th June 2004